[Thane_Banquo]

The European conquest of the Americas decimated the people living there, leaving large areas of cleared land untended. Trees that filled in this territory pulled billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere,

Yeah, except few Native Americans had agriculture and most were hunter-gatherers.

[MoJoWork_n]

Oh, that’s right. So the corn tortilla that came down to us from the Aztecs was originally made from tree bark.

Same thing they made their canoes from.

The building material for any number of souvenir items in the casino gift shops. Great to know they’re edible, after we’re done using them as ash trays, or bathroom potpourri holders.